Nameless Dragon

Ignoring the dumbfounded Ais for a moment, Kisuke briefly turned his head to the cautious Revis and gave her a small smile, "Please don't worry. I didn't really intend to interrupt your enjoyment, but this little girl is really just too frustrating. Please give us a minute or two to talk and I promise I'll leave quietly after that."

Revis didn't reply but she also didn't do anything else. In any case, she knew she can't really do anything to Kisuke after realizing that she can't even follow his movements and decided to watch quietly and escape if things go outside of what he just said.

Returning his attention to the 'little girl', Kisuke crouched down in front of her to meet her at eye level. The two of them stared at each other for a few seconds before Kisuke sighed in disappointment, "Even with that thing's influence, what the heck are you doing?"

Not understanding what he meant, Ais could only ask, "...What?"

"From the way you act, what makes you different from the monsters if you just swing around your sword without any thought? What's the point of learning how to fight and use Magic? And it seems that you already knew how to use Ki to some extent but even with that, you threw it away for these 'stronger' winds. You wanted power, yet you became weaker. Unbelievable. And also disappointing."

Now Ais was stunned, but for a completely different reason. However, the corrupted winds around her had also disappeared. Seeing that, Kisuke stood up and looked down on her before continuing, "A little girl acting like a grown-up is fine, but a little girl thinking that she's already mature and knows everything she wants to do is not."

He then turned around and started walking towards the opposite hall he came from but not before leaving some more words, "You're weak, but what you need is not strength. Experiencing the world more and treasuring small things as you try to achieve your big goal, I think you'll learn more from that."

With him and the Elf on his back disappearing within the shadows, Ais gritted her teeth and slowly stood up. She then looked towards her enemy and prepared her sword once again. But instead of the sharp and chaotic black winds, her whole body was covered by mellow and gentle winds.

Revis, on the other hand, made sure that Kisuke really left the premise before facing Ais once again and noted her changes, "I don't know what happened, but it seems you changed. Will you really be able to cut me with that?"

Ais was still incredibly confused by what Kisuke just said, nevertheless, she already realized her mistake and already knew what to do. Strangely enough, she also felt that a burden was taken off of her, and right now, she felt very light when she's supposed to already be very tired. The little girl inside of her was happy.

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Kisuke's next destination was the secret room on the 11th floor where he felt a tinge of Dragon Aura. But as he made his way, Kisuke suddenly realized something, "Why did I act like a parent back there?" he questioned himself.

But ultimately, he just shrugged his shoulders and murmured, "Oh well, whatever. Seeing how she thinks she's all grown up yet it's the other way around reminds me of my younger years. It's so painful to look at that I just had to do something about it."

It didn't take too long for Kisuke to reach his destination and before he could step into the secret room, he could hear Raul and Line's panicking voices among many others in their group. Aside from that, he could also hear Sona and Finn's small voices that seemed to come from the communication orbs that Fels invented.

"What are we going to do!?" Raul yelled in distress.

In front of the group that was tasked to rescue the Demeter Familia members that Enyo used as hostages to control Demeter was the secret monster that Revis captured within the deeper floors and was the center of the Magic Formation created by the 6 Demi-Spirits that are battling the entire response team right now.

Within the cylindrical room where Loki was confronting Enyo, who really turned out to be the 'deceased' Dionysus, the latter couldn't help himself but laugh at how foolish everyone is for blindly acting what he wanted them to do.

"You fools really fell for it~! It was never my intention to blow the Dungeon's lid up with 'Heaven's Door'! Even if I destroy the entirety of Orario with this spell, truly strong Adventurers would still be able to survive. As such, the spirit of Orario would never cease, and sooner or later, another lid would be created." Dionysus maniacally explained to Loki.

Loki gritted her teeth but still displayed false confidence, "Hmph! It doesn't matter! A newly created monster can't be that powerful. With all the top class Adventurers cooperating for the first time in addition to the Xenos, We'll be able to deal with it and your plans would crumble by themselves."

"Fufufufu. You truly underestimate the Nidhogg that I created. Take a look~" Dionysus pointed at the orb that projected what's happening within the secret room.

Loki inadvertently looked towards the surveillance orb and she indeed noticed something different from the small black Dragon with red linings running through it, 'What's this? The Demi-Spirit should have taken it over by now, but why does it look like it's the other way around?'

Dionysus sneered at her and correctly guessed what she's thinking, "That's what's special about that Nameless Dragon that we acquired. Even with the Demi-Spirits corrupting it, they can't take it over . Well, that's only to be expected since we already confirmed that it has the same origin as the infamous Black Dragon that destroyed both the Zeus and Hera Familias."

Loki's eyes widened in shock, "W-what!?"

But Dionysus just shrugged his shoulders arrogantly, "If you don't take all Adventurers now towards Nidhogg before its completion, then you lot would have no way of defeating it. But if you do that, you'll also be leaving the other Demi-Spirits. In that case, they'll be able to cast 'Heaven's Door' to destroy Orario, but I'll take that as a consolation until my next plans."

Finn and Sona who are commanding the battlefields also heard Dionysus's words through Loki's orb. While the former was at a loss at what to do, Sona contemplated if she and Koneko should go when a sudden and unexpected change occurred.

All of a sudden, a little girl with long black hair and black eyes in a gothic outfit materialized in front of the black Dragon.

Her appearance stunned both Dionysus and Loki who were watching the scene, but it didn't end there, as a man in a green eastern outfit with a white and green bucket hat, carrying a sleeping back Elf on his back, appeared at the entrance of the secret room, "We'll take care of this guy. You lot do what you're supposed to do." he said.

A second later, Loki put her hand on her face and bent her back before laughing out loud, "Fuhahahahahaha! You've got some really shitty luck Dionysus!"